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Ramadan Around the World

Images of the holy month of Ramadan beginning around the world. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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... I don't want the iconic Blue Mosque in Istanbul ... marking the start of the holy month of Ramadan ... determined by the first sighting of the Crescent moon Ramadan is observed by abstinence from eating drinking and smoking during daylight ... in Indonesia the most populous Muslim nation ... about seventeen thousand people gathered to pray at the Grand Mosque in Jakarta ... the Kuala Lumpur Malaysia's capital city vendors are selling local food delicacies in traditional clothes in makeshift stalls to serve plus some shoppers on the first day of fasting for Ramadan ... in China are members of the Mosman community ... gather in Beijing to crank up ... and in Afghanistan ... soldiers from the Afghan National Army continue on their patrols ... when the sun comes down like Muslims around the world ... the break their daily